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Chicago Firm Says Co-Counsel Cut It Out Of Case, $7.6M Deal
By Celeste Bott
Chicago-based personal injury firm Disparti Law Group PA is suing another law firm and one of its attorneys in Illinois state court, saying they secretly continued litigating a wrongful death case they'd agreed to work on jointly after telling Disparti they planned to dismiss it, then cut the firm out of its share in more than $2.5 million in attorney fees when the case settled.
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ENFORCEMENT
LITIGATION
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EXPERT ANALYSIS
AI Note-Taking Suits May Fill Gap In Privacy Law Structure
A recent class action against Granola joins other pending lawsuits against AI note-taking providers, highlighting the legal uncertainty surrounding these tools, but there are practical steps companies using "invisible" AI services can take to mitigate risk, including conducting inventories and reviewing access permissions, say attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
DOJ Says Berkeley Law Is Racially Biased In Admissions
By Craig Clough
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education said Wednesday that the University of California, Berkeley School of Law discriminated against white and Asian applicants in its 2024 and 2025 admissions cycles by preferring Black applicants because of their race, violating federal civil rights law and recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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Sugar Buyers Want Paul Weiss DQ'd From Price-Fixing MDL
By Dorothy Atkins
Hershey, J.M. Smucker and other food makers urged a Minnesota federal judge Tuesday to disqualify Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP from representing Domino Foods in sugar price-fixing multidistrict litigation, arguing the firm is conflicted out because it saw their confidential sugar-purchasing data when it was being considered as plaintiffs' counsel.
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